Upgrading a iMac G3 from OS9.2 to OSX. Firmware upgrade problem.

I am having trouble updating the firmware on my iMac G3 400mhz computer. I am running 9.2 but there seems to be a sleep problem. The computer shuts off, after holding the programmer's button, during start up. So, the 4.1.1 update doesn't take. As well as when trying to start the system up fresh the screen stays black and only when I manually innitiate sleep and start up again does the screen come back on. I am at a loss.

Now, here is what I did from the very beginning.
I replaced the battery, set the power management button, booted up the computer, the computer starts up in sleep mode ( Screen is off and won't come back on till I manually press the power button to put the system to sleep. I then press it again to wake it up, only then will the screen come back on). I then shut down the system to install the firmwarre update. I held down the programmers button, system tones then the computer shuts down before starting up. I then start it up again and the computer tones 2 times as if it were resetting the PRAM. After start up a message sayes that the firmware was not installed.
I am getting rather confused.

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